Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-12
Anil Resume Of the Crime for Which
tho Remaining Anarchists Will be
Hanged To-day.
Portraits OF the Seven Malefactors
Accompanied by Short Bio "a.
phies OF Each.
Scenes at the Chicago Jail Oh Receipt of
the News-The Sentiment There
Preparations for the
Executions.

The general interest centering In the great
tragedy Of to-day. preceded by that OF yes
terday in the Chicago Jail. calls for some in.
troduc.ory remarks recalling the circum.
stances which brought it about. The inc, D.
ton OF the affair dates back to May l.
1886, when the extensive strikes that had
been SIT for that day took place. Previous
to this Lingg, the bomb maker, had pre-.
pared trunkfui OF bombs, which the testi.
mony developed at the trial afterwards
proved were intended to be used with mur.
derouS effect at mass meeting OF working
men against the police. On Monday. May
8, the assault of the strikers on McCor-
mick factory was made by an excited
crowd vi strikers, who had been reused to
madness by Spies. Lincg and others Of the
Anarchists. ard they made the attaex
that has become historic. They we're scat
tered by police. who shot several OF the
rioters. This gave the Anarchist leaders
their
CUE FOR TIE DEvILrRY
they had foreordainod and u meeting OF the
'arnfd sections OF the international
Arheite Association Was hell at Grief's
Hal, 81 West Lake street. Chicago. ,Ht,e
the plan OF bomb.throwiDg Was arranged
anu t',c details uf I he murderous programme
fully sci tied, and it was determined to coll
a ma meeting Of working men at the
Haymarket next evening. Hand bills were
distributed early Tuesday morning, the
last words Of which we're "WOrkirgmen!
Arm yourselves and appear IN full force"
The bombs wer prepared by Ling and left
in trunk at the appointed rendezvous.
Neif's Hall, 5S Cleyburn avenue. in pas.
sage way where, TO the number OF fifty or
sixty. they were obtained by those ap.
pointed to do the devilsh work. The
meeting was attended by only a couple 0.
thousa nd people instead Of the $4,000 the
Anarchist leaders had expected. They
calculated that with such backing as this
they Conld inaugur,tte a 'snCial revOlu-
ton" This Disconnected them. They had
hardly any besides Anarchists present to
deal with. They
DID NOT CALCULATE
to face the police themselves exclusively.
At length the speaking began. Spies, Par
sons and Fielden addressed the mob from
wagon. The first two were 80 taue that
there was danger OF the whole affair becon-
ing laughing stock and cxpiringin riiicu'e
Fieden took the stand and soon had his
bearers WFOiisUC " thC l'''pe' P'Ssn ~
his outrage ~ 'ncendary talk. 1t was in
full vira ~: The Desplaines street police
station, ~Lere seven companies OF po ice
were m&s..d in anticipation Of the out
come. Wh,n Fielden'a language had ev'-
IDENTIFY produced he effect 4 he police feared
and it was time to show the strength OF the
Law to the men who we're ripe Tor its IN.
fringement. the police marched down Des-
PLANES street in platoons extending from
curb to curb, and Captain Wand com
manded the meeting to disperse. lmmedi-
ately Fielden gave tie signal agreed
rpon for tie bomb-throwing and the
WORK OF CARNAGE.
began. Seven police were instantly k'lied
and about sixty mnngled by the work OF
the i..carnate fiends. Nobly the police
unf1iuchincly closed their ranks and poured
vollev af e. volley into the mob until the
wretches scattered to their dens. The
leaders were arrested at once, save Par.
sons, who afterwards gave himself up.
They were tried before Judge Gary in
trial lasting two months, beginning on
June 2l, which held the attention of II
civilized world. The criminals we're d''
Tended bv Captain Black. and the prosecu-
ton conducted by States Attorney drin-
nell. All were sentenced to death e1cept
Neebe who got Htteen years IMP'ASc"'S"'
THEY APPEALED
to the Supreme Court Of the State where
the decision OF the court below was sns'
tanned. They appealed to the court ofiast
resort in the land with equal success. On-
examp'ed efforts have been brought TO
bear on the Governor to commute toeir
sentence to imprisonment for LIE. In the
case of two it has been successinl. f!eloen
and schwab have had their sentences
commuted to imprisonment for life. L,nes
ended his ca reer az desperately as ne ma
lived. The other four will surrender tneir
worthless lives to-day on the ecaHo'd'
poor atonement for the seven brave
officers whose lives were extingushed sud
deniy by that bomb that stretched sixtv
others on beds OF agonizing pain iol
months. The mills Of the gods nave
ground exceeding slow in this instance ana
their erist has not been as fine as it mlgnt
have been. We present below the cuts o. o.
the seven accompaniei by snuI. or.
biocra ply of each, commencing w'tn tn 1he
most rabid Of them who, living. ike q
SCORPION envenome1 all with wh N nc
came in contact. and like scorpion WIZ"
unable to escape from certain oea1n
stune himself to death with the on'S
weapon he kncw-dynamite.